Emerging Covid-19 needs and issues for DDPOs - June

Welcome to this Survey

Hello and thank you for taking time to respond to this survey.

This e-survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete. We are sending out a monthly e-survey to DDPOs so that we can chart emerging needs in our sector. We will use the information to inform key funders and decision makers and also to provide vital information for our campaigning and lobbying work. Please complete the survey even if you filled one in last month. If you cannot answer a question please leave it blank. Please help ensure the needs and issues of our sector and communities are heard by taking part – thank you!

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Job Title

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* 3. DDPO

Priority issues for the Deaf and Disabled people you work with

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* 4. Please tick the top 5 priority issues that are having the most impact on Deaf and Disabled people you work with

Access to extremely vulnerable list

Access to equal health treatment

Access to prescriptions

Social care support (including PPE, testing, Direct Payments)

Shielding issues

Accessing benefits support (including disability benefits, ATW)

Accessing housing support

Lack of accessible information about Covid-19 and support available

Access to appropriate support (at home or school) for disabled children

Increasing isolation and mental health

Access to community support services

Access to advice and advocacy support

Access to domestic violence support

Access to support for victims of hate crime

Access to internet / broadband

Employment issues

Discrimination

Lack of consultation and engagement with Deaf / Disabled people

Other (please specify)

DDPO Funding and HR experiences

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* 5. Have you applied for any new Covid-19 related funding to support your organisation since May?

Yes

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* 6. If yes, which funder:

London Emergency Response Fund

National Lottery Community Fund

Local funding responses in your local authority

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Were you successful with your application?

Yes

Waiting to hear

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* 8. What percentage of your funding have you lost as a result of the Covid-19 emergency?

None

Up to 10%

10% - 30%

30% - 60%

over 60%

over 80%

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* 9. Have you furloughed staff?

Yes

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* 10. If yes, what percentage of staff have you furloughed?

Up to 10%

10% to 30%

30% to 60%

Over 60%

Over 80%

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* 11. Did you want to furlough but couldn't because staff are publicly funded?

Yes

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* 12. Do you expect to make any redundancies after the furlough scheme ends?

Yes

Priority DDPO needs and issues

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* 13. Please pick the top 5 priority issues that are having the most impact on your organisation

Access to HR support including: homeworking policies, sick leave, annual leave, implications of shielded employees, online recruitment, difficulties getting DBS checks etc

Mental health and well-being of staff including how to address well- being issues and provide levels of support / supervision

IT and Remote working (phones, laptops, broadband)

Moving face to face services online or via phone

Re-designing services to meet social distancing requirements

Current and projected increases to advice workload and level of demand post lockdown

Information and data systems

Longer term impact of covid-19 on funding including: funders expectations; longer term changes to project delivery

Supporting and managing staff working remotely including: health & safety issues, childcare, work performance, flexible hours, supervising staff, supporting staff with new skills/job roles

Meeting staff access needs including: Access To Work, meeting access needs while working from home

Work not funded to feed into local and regional covid-19 structures

Communication issues : communicating effectively with members and service users

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Are there other issues affecting you at the moment the we haven't addressed in this survey?

Many thanks for taking the time to take part in our survey. We will produce a brief report on findings which will go on our website and be shared with funders, policy and decision makers.